Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/26/07 23:19

"blacklight" wrote ...
> Our video ecard clips at www.rent-a-cloud.com are shot on 16mm film,
> then transferred to digital for editing - cumbersome and expensive. We
> want to change over to camcorders, but don't know which is the best
> for our needs. We live in a rural area where nobody has any knowledge
> in this field. And calls to Sony/JVC/Canon gave confusing and
> conflicting answers.
> Our Needs:
> 1) the camcorder must deliver the same image quality/detail as our
> existing clips show. Most are shot into extreme contrast light like
> skies and rising/setting suns.

This is much easier to do with film than with video.

> 2) the camcorder must have single-frame film mode as our clips are
> shot in stop-frame-motion technique.

Getting this feature PLUS the others you are asking for is
very likely a show-stopper.

> 3) the camcorder must have manual zoom and exposure controls.

Perhaps there is a good reason for sticking with film?

> Question: whis is the cheapest camcorder to meet these demands?
> Sincere thanks for reply - Klaus Jaritz
> ps: Unfortunately, to ascertain the image quality required you would
> have to send some clips as ecards to yourself. It's free. Only then
> will you have a file (wmv) which opens across the whole monitor screen.
> Sorry for this bother.

All I received were two links to JPG still images?

Beautiful photography, but quite possibly beyond the realm of
any video equipment cheaper than what you are doing now(?)

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